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Computer Associates Boosts Wireless LANs
Computer Associates International last week announced four new and enhanced Unicenter network management products, including one for wireless LAN management. The new wireless management product, Unicenter NSM Wireless Network Management Option 3.0, can help network managers identify rogue WLAN access points, then isolate them and cut them off, said Joe Scott, product manager for Unicenter. Despite the Version 3.0 moniker, the product is brand new and was developed in-house. Previously, CA resold third-party products.
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Report: Chinas Handset Market May Be Improving
After a downturn caused by SARS, the handset market may be on the upswing in China. According to Lehman Brothers, several handset manufacturers are becoming more optimistic about Chinese sales. Lehman quotes Benq Chairman K.Y. Lee as saying that Chinese sales are recovering after the SARS outbreak. Carriers have started to reorder handsets from Benq and only one carrier currently has a large inventory, Lehman said. Benq is the largest handset manufacturer in Taiwan and makes phones for Motorola.
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Notebook Sales Beat Desktops for First Time
Notebook sales surpassed those of desktop computers for the first time ever, sales tracking firm NDP Group said last week. Numbers culled from its point-of-sales tracking service showed that in May, the dollar value of sales of portable computers accounted for 54 percent of all retail revenues. However, notebooks, which typically are priced higher than desktops, have not yet broken the 50-50 barrier in unit sales: in May, just 40 percent of all models leaving retail outlets were laptops.
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Zoo Tracks Children with Bluetooth Tags
Denmarks Aalborg Zoo is setting up a system that lets parents use their cell phones to keep tabs on their childrens whereabouts. BodyTags, developed by tracking specialists BlueTags, are small Bluetooth pods that clip to a childs clothing. Base stations scattered around a site detect nearby tags and relay their location to a central database via wireless LAN. Parents register their cell phones with the system and can get an update on their progenys position within 20 seconds of sending a query text message. The zoo will deploy the system–the first of its kind–in July, with 200 tags and 50 access points covering the zoos grounds.
Read the full story on: CNET News.com
Whats That Youre Watching?
In Berlin, T-Mobile International said it is expanding its multimedia messaging service to include sports, movie, music, and adult entertainment video clips. The service is going to be offered in Germany first. T-Mobile said the video clips are up to 15 seconds long.
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